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That comment makes no sense. The pilot episode they viewed before signing the contract for the full season order featured Roseanne as a Trump vote. Roseanne Barr was a noted Trump voter in real life. If they were going to blackball Trump voters the current iteration of the show would have never occurred.

That's not the way it works, nor does accounting allow that. Profit already made is already made. If you spend future money, it doesn't go against what you already made, it goes in a current time period.

Under that theory, let's say a movie makes $500 million dollars. They release a sequel, and it loses $200 million. They don't say "well, we made $300 million overall, let's release another sequel", they say "that lost a crapload, let's quit".

I understand completely how it works and am well aware that season 2 would be seen as a loss. My point was simply that on the whole the reboot made them a profit

Using your analogy it would be like saying (which gets said often) "the franchise was profitable". It doesnt break down each movie when talking as a whole.

Well, go ahead. Start a thread on it. But one does not excuse the other.

Noone said it did.. However, the lack of concern or attention to one vs the other.. Isn't that in and of itself racist?

Isn't it basically being said that it's OK for black people to be racist, but not white people?

or.. Perhaps more accurately.. White people don't care if black people are racist? I hear "Honky" and I don't think racist, I think Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase doing "Word Association" and just can't stop laughing.

Probably better for Great Debates.. But a racist black person would be, if not celebrated, not condemned as much as a racist white person.. Until it is unacceptable, regardless of which side it is coming from.. It will never go away. And.. Hey.. Until we stop thinking of it as "sides", it won't go away.

According to the Wiki article (and other articles), the show and it's basic premise was the idea of the production team Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner Productions, who own the show to this day, and the show was created and written by Matt Williams. It was always intended to be an ensemble show. Roseanne did not create the show, did not create the characters, and she did not write the scripts.

She was cast in the show just like the other actors were cast in the show.

Carsey Werner had seen Roseanne on the Tonight Show and saw her standup show and thought she might be able to transform herself into the working class heroine in the show, since she had her "domestic goddess" schtick going in her comedy act. The show was originally scripted to be called "Life and Stuff," according to its creator, head writer and co-executive producer, Matt Williams.

Roseanne eventually insisted the show be renamed for her and made that a condition of her taking on the role. Creative differences with Matt Williams ensued and Williams ended up eventually leaving the show.

Carsey Werner legally owns and controls the show and it's up to them to determine what to do with it, if anything. Carsey Werner sided with ABC on their decision to cancel 'Roseanne' and publicly supported the reason for the cancellation. They went on to issue a statement they hope Roseanne gets the (mental health) help she very much needs.

because Roseanne Barr created the show with the original executive producers, she has a financial stake in it and its characters. It's unclear which specific ones she created, but we're told the network is doing its due diligence to avoid a lawsuit.

It survived after Valerie Harper was fired after the first season due to a salary dispute. They writers killed off her character and brought in Sandy Duncan to take her place. Duncan played Valerie's sister-in-law and stayed for the rest of the show's run.

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